Improvement in eyelet-setting instruments



H. DINNING.

EYELET-SETTI-NG INSTRUMENT.

No.179,Z-81. Patented June27,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Garret.

HENRY DINNING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT IN EVELET-SETTING INSTRUMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,281, dated June2'7, 1876; application filed January 26, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DINNING, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pliers for SecuringEyelet-Hooks in Leather and other materials; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part ofthis specification.

My invention relates more particularly to pliers for insertingeyelet-hooks in the uppers of boots and shoes; but it is applicable tothe iusertionofeyelet-hooks in corsets and other articles.

The invention consists of a novel and peculiar construction andarrangement of parts, which will be fully hereinafter described, andspecifically pointed out in claim.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved pliers with the notched die-guideand gageplate shown in section, and also a part of the jaw which carriessaid die-plate broken away to show the construction and operation of thesame. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the said jaw and notcheddie, guide, and gage plate.

In thejaw J of the pliers P P, which have their fulcrum at 1*, I formthe recess 4, the side walls of said recess being preferably at auniform distance from the outer surface of said jaw. Over the recess 1'I place and fix firmly to the jaw J the die-guide and gageplate 19,attaching the said plate to the said jaw by screws 8, or by rivets orother suitable means. Or I may form the said die, guide, and gage-platein one piece with the jaw by forging or otherwise.

In the center of said die-guide and gageplatep is formed the hole It toadmit the entrance of the anvil I attached 'to the jaw J, and on theinner side of said plate is formed the notch a.

The eyelet-hook eh is placed in the usual manner in a hole previouslypunched in the leather L or other material.

In use the die-guide and gage-plate p is placed on the inner side of thehook-part [L2 of the eyelet-hook, and drawn toward the margin m till itabuts against the inner side of the eyelet-hook. The bottom of the notcha then prevents the pliers from being drawn any farther toward the edgeof the material, and the other sides of the notch not only guide thedie-plate to the right position, but prevent any lateral movement of thepliers. The jaw J is thus held in position and gaged by the eyelet-hookitself, and the exact entrance of the anvil P into the eyelet of theeyelet-hook, when the pliers are closed together, as in the ordinary useof pliers, by the muscular action of the hand, is secured, while theeyelet of the eyelet-hook is secured without pressing upon the hook parth and deforming it. The anvil P expands the eyelet of the eyelet-hook,and securely fastens it in the leather or other material.

It will be seen that it is desirable that the die-guide and gage-plate10 should have the notch a formed on the side next the fulcrum F of thepliers, for otherwise the pliers could not be placed upon theeyelet-hook in such a way as to perform so well and conveniently all thefunctions described, because the margin m of the leather L or othermaterial, in which the eyelets are inserted, would interfere with theuse of said pliers.

The notched guide-plate pos sesses several advantages over thesquare-shouldered plate usually employed, as the bottom of the notchprevents the pliers from being drawn toward the edge of the material,and the sides of the same not only guide the die-plate to the proporposition, but prevent any lateral movement of the pliers.

I claim The handles P P, formed with the jaws J J, the one having theanvil P and the other formed with a cavity, 1, in its lower edge, incombination with the gage-plate 11, formed with the notch 01 in its rearend, and arranged over the cavity r formed in the jaw J, all as hereinshown and described.

HENRY DINNING.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, BENJAMIN W. HOFFMAN.

